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Accidents on icy highways in central China left at least 13 dead and dozens injured this weekend as millions of families were heading home from the Lunar New Year holiday. Five were killed shortly after 05:00 on Sunday in a 23-car pileup near the city of Anqing in Anhui province. A second accident followed three …
An active-duty Venezuelan army colonel who is a military doctor has dropped his allegiance to President Nicolas Maduro, backing opposition leader Juan Guaido instead. “Ninety percent of us in the armed forces are really unhappy,” said Colonel Ruben Paz Jimenez said in a video released on Saturday. “We are being used
Malaysia’s toppled leader Najib Razak will go on trial this week over an extraordinary financial scandal that contributed to the downfall of his long-ruling coalition and reverberated around the world. The former prime minister and his cronies are accused of stealing $4.5bn from Malaysian sovereign wealth fund 1MDB in a
With Brexit just 47 days away, the British government asked lawmakers on Sunday to give Prime Minister Theresa May more time to rework her divorce deal with the European Union. Communities Secretary James Brokenshire said Parliament would get to pass judgment on May’s Brexit plan “no later than February 27.” The
Richmond – Can a politician be forgiven for racist behavior from the past? What if that behavior evoked the darkest chapters of American history, from slavery to segregation? That’s a question the state of Virginia has been grappling with since last week when its governor, Ralph Northam, was caught up in a row over
A “yellow vest” demonstrator lost his hand during clashes with police outside the main parliament building in Paris on Saturday, witnesses told AFP, during a 13th weekend of anti-government protests across France. Despite a drop in numbers from the massive turnouts of the first demonstrations in November, tens of
1. Saudi Arabia denies ties to Bezos-AMI dispute Saudi Arabia had ‘absolutely nothing to do’ with the National Enquirer’s reporting on an extramarital relationship involving Amazon.com Chief Executive Jeff Bezos, the kingdom’s minister of state for foreign affairs said. 2. The race for Nigeria’s
Los Angeles — Michelle Obama made a surprise appearance to help open the Grammy Awards with host Alicia Keys. The former first lady appeared onstage with Lady Gaga, Jennifer Lopez, Jada Pinkett Smith and Keys to say how music has impacted their lives. Obama’s initial comments were interrupted by raucous applause and many in the
